Mahatma Gandhi—The Man and the Message

Mahatma Gandhi was a man of peace who helped bring about India’s independence through non-violent means, creating the basis for the world’s largest democracy. This program reflects on Gandhi’s early childhood experiences in India and his youth in England and South Africa that helped transform an ambitious young man to become a Mahatma, or great soul. Mahatma Gandhi greatly influenced the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 1960s in America. But the meaning of Gandhi’s non-violence has not been well understood in all the English speaking countries. Gandhi was a deeply religious man who loved and respected all religions as he did his own. He was truly an apostle of inter-religious harmony and understanding who furthered the cause of women and the poor.